A $500,000 grant from the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance will be used to create crisis response teams of Little Rock police officers and social workers that will be overseen
A Pulaski County jail recently received funding for mental health services, but one sheriff is set on a more transformational change, requiring additional funding.
Until the Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit opened last month in Fayetteville, too often the choices for those going through a mental-health crisis were limited: jail or the hospital.
FAYETTEVILLE Washington County s Crisis Stabilization Unit has an Aug. 16 target date for reopening after being closed more than a year ago over funding issues.